Full time18 April 1998
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head
Netherlands won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –CBelgium conversion · Peter Duchau2–0
- –PBelgium penalty · Peter Duchau5–0
- –PBelgium penalty · Peter Duchau8–0
- –PBelgium penalty · Peter Duchau11–0
- –TBelgium try · Phillippe Lalli16–0
- –CNetherlands conversion · Garron Everts16–2
- –CNetherlands conversion · Garron Everts16–4
- –TNetherlands try · Djurre Dinkla16–9
- –TNetherlands try · Sander Hadinegoro16–14
- –TNetherlands try · Bretton Taylor16–19
Line-ups
Belgium
- 1M CollinsProp
- 2C BenzerHooker
- 3D ChristiansProp
- 4M PoortmansSecond row
- 5D DelsupehxeSecond row
- 6T MassetFlanker
- 7Phillippe LalliFlanker
- 8E DelreuxNumber 8
- 9R LauwersScrum-half
- 10Peter DuchauFly-half
- 11P MerlotWing
- 12Eric PoskinCentre
- 13K DemnatiCentre
- 14C CouteauxWing
- 15K Van LooyFull-back
- Caron DaviesBench
- D LenoirBench
- A ThiebautBench
Netherlands
- 1M CahsayProp
- 2Yves KummerHooker
- 3H BratProp
- 4Thomas SuringSecond row
- 5Bretton TaylorSecond row
- 6Karel DinklaFlanker
- 7Robert BroersFlanker
- 8Caine ElisaraNumber 8
- 9Sander HadinegoroScrum-half
- 10Mats MarckerFly-half
- 11Gijs Van Der PolWing
- 12Djurre DinklaCentre
- 13Garron EvertsCentre
- 14T LuykxWing
- 15Obbe WinkelsFull-back
- Silvester RamakaBench
- Roberto PhilippoBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Belgium 17–12 Netherlands, 2 drawn in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Belgium going in
Netherlands going in
- Previous meeting: 1 July 1990, Belgium 15–9 Netherlands
- Next meeting on record: 10 January 2001
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.